Simona will give a talk about new projects in the lab and work in progress at the next Nordic Developmental Biology Seminar (2nd of October 2025, 12:00).
Speaking at Nordic Developmental Biology Seminar: Simona Chera
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Journal Club: Dysfunctional β-cell autophagy induces β-cell stress and enhances islet immunogenicity
This week’s journal club focuses on a study from Frontiers in Immunology (2025) aiming to assess the role of autophagy in b-cell health and survival, and whether defects in autophagy render islets more immunogenic.
Research Paper: Efficient cytoplasmic cell quantification using a semi-automated FIJI-based tool
A tour-de-force demonstrating the abilities of Lucas‘s quantitation tool (previously available as a preprint) on pancreatic islet cell quantitation is now published in Scientific Reports! The source code of SAM (semi-automated measurement tool) along with all documentation has been deposited…
Midway Evaluation: Ulrik
Wishing good luck to Ulrik having his midway evaluation today! Thesis Title: “Mouse-ing around with islet cells: unveiling the tissue repair puzzle” Examining committee Internal examiner 1: Prof. Bjørn Tore Gjertsen Internal examiner 2: Dr. Heidrun Vethe Supervisors Simona Chera,…
Welcome Camille!
Camille Belliard, currently pursuing an engineering degree in biotechnology at ENSTBB (Bordeaux INP), started a 4-months summer internship in our lab (June-September 2025). She will work with Lucas and Agnes on reprogramming T1D patient fibroblasts into iPSC and their differentiation…
PrePrint: SAM: A FIJI-Based Tool for Semi-Automated Quantification of Cytoplasmic Expression in Cells
After many months of persuasion, Lucas published his semi-automated quantification tool that he developed over 3 years of quantification of thousands of sc-islets and pancreatic sections. His tool is now available both in GitHUB and as a manuscript (currently as…
Grant award: FRIPRO Researcher Project for Experienced Scientists
We are very happy and grateful to learn that the Norwegian Research Council @forskningsradet will continue to support our research for the next 5 years! We are delighted to continue our work on HNF1A by adding a Time-Dimension of Islet…